When it was created in 1844 the defenders of baltimore as they called themselveses, the old defenders were very interested in remembering what had happened and letting the country know that this was probably an important event that they felt actually saved the the union in 1814. We were very rich in resources to tell that story from 1812 to 1815. The gallery has hundreds of objects and documents and what we basically tell is a story of baltimore as sort of the epicenter of this story for the state of maryland, a growing, bustling port of 50,000 people and a lot of immigrants who didnt like the british very much and then it goes on to the reasons why the war happened and the command central area of everything in those days where the taverns and the newspapers were being developed and this was a big newspaper town, too, and then it goes on to the actual war itself and the maritime experiences and the the attack of the british in 1814 when they actually burned the capital and the the whit
Confederate army of about 12,000 troops under the command of general jubil early nearly invaded washington, d. C. , next, historian and journalist mark leapson takes us on a tour of battlefields in maryland and washington, d. C. , to tell the story of the battle of monocacy where they had the battle of fort stephens where they had the heavily fortified city before deciding to turn back. Consider what could have happened with an entire corps of troops let loose in washington, d. C, lean and hungry confederate troops. The treasury was there for the looting. The treasury department. They could have burned the capital. You know, the Navy Department which lincoln did not know had a ship provisioned for him in the potomac to take him out of town and think about what could have happened to the union cause had there been confederates running loose in the streets of washington, d. C. . Dont forget, lincoln was fighting for his political life at this time. This was the president ial election of
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